Prof. Dr. Tarık Oğuzlu is the Dean of the Faculty of Science and Arts and UNESCO Chair in Education for Sustainable Peace at Istanbul Aydın University, where he also serves as a faculty member in the Department of Political Science and International Relations. Additionally, he is Chair of the Academic Council of the Foreign Policy Institute in Ankara. Prof. Oğuzlu earned his Ph.D. in International Relations from Bilkent University in 2003, his M.Sc. in International Relations from the London School of Economics in 2000, and his M.A. in International Relations from Bilkent University in 1998.